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4 Reasons You Need To Offer Continuing Education for Your Dental Team
Want to successfully grow your practice? Invest in your team. Continuous learning and professional development are key ingredients to a successful dental practice. These opportunities keep your team up to date with the latest technologies and treatment methods, allowing your practice to maintain the highest professional standard. Continuing education also keeps your team feeling fulfilled…
Signs Your Dental Practice Team Is Stressed and Overworked
How To Recognize When Your Dental Practice Team Is Struggling A dental practice is a high-pressure environment, even when everything is going well. So if your team faces additional challenges without the right resources at their disposal, they can quickly become frustrated. This leads to work dissatisfaction, and patient care can suffer as a result.…
Team Communication & Dental Practice Morale: How the Two Go Hand in Hand
The Importance of Effective Communication Effective team communication directly benefits your practice in numerous ways. For example, you can save time on a daily basis and leave your patients more satisfied. Dental practice morale also relies on effective communication, ensuring that your team members work well together and enjoy their roles. Poor communication, on the…
The Rise of Teleorthodontics and What It Can Mean for Your Dental Practice
Understanding Teleorthodontics Teleorthodontics is the practice of using various technologies to carry out remote orthodontic appointments. That could mean making a simple phone call or using the latest video call technology in order to provide care and guidance. Like most applications of telehealth, teleorthodontics was a once-unheard-of concept. Nevertheless, despite the challenges involved, modern technology…
Leveraging Social Media To Enhance Patient Engagement and Attract More Great Patients
The Truth About Social Media for Dentists When was the last time you scrolled through social media? If you are like most Americans, it was probably earlier today, or at least last night. Or maybe you aren’t on social media at all. But the truth is that the rest of the world is—to the tune…
5 Stress Management Techniques for Dental Professionals
A Mindful Approach to Stress Management for Dentists Stress can impact even the most seemingly calm and collected dentists. And when it hits, it can wreak havoc on your days—and your nights, too. It can make you feel overwhelmed and irritable. Stress can even make you more likely to get sick from other illnesses and…
5 Tips for Working With Patients With Dental (and Orthodontic) Anxiety
Prevalence of Dental Anxiety Dental anxiety is more common than many of us general dentists realize. While the National Library of Medicine published insights many years ago suggesting that dental anxiety impacts 36% of the population, the chances are that this statistic is much higher today. And with so many experiencing anxiety that keeps them…
Did You Miss AOS’ Last Straight Wire Orthodontics Course? There’s Another Coming Up Soon!
Boost your practice and gain CE credits at the same time. Continuing education in orthodontics allows general and pediatric dentists to enhance patient care and stay up to date with the latest techniques. The American Orthodontic Society (AOS) provides such education through our Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics Course, which has just completed another successful round. …
Interesting Tidbits About the Use of 3D Printing in Orthodontics
Advancements in Orthodontic Appliances Dentistry has been at the forefront of 3D printing since the technology’s inception, pushing it forward and providing many of its most practical applications. Modern developments make 3D printing an essential part of many procedures in American orthodontics, offering fast, accurate, and precise treatment. Modern orthodontic technology combines 3D printing with…
Part 3: Mastering the Art of Dental Practice Success: Maximizing Operational Efficiency
Effective ways to operate your practice efficiently. As your dental practice continues to grow, it’s important to focus on ways that you can improve efficiency to maximize your dental practice success. We’ve covered building a foundation and expanding your practice in the first two entries in this three-part series. Now, we’ll close things out by…
Part 2: Mastering the Art of Dental Practice Success: Attracting and Retaining Patients
Practice building: attracting and retaining a solid patient base. Once you’ve established your practice, the next step is attracting and retaining a solid patient base. While the previous entry helped you build a solid foundation, this second installment of our three-part series explores how you can start growing your dental practice success by focusing on…
Part 1: Mastering the Art of Dental Practice Success: Building a Solid Foundation
Steps to building a successful dental practice. Achieving success with your dental practice is no small feat. But it’s something you can achieve with the right approach and a little help. In this first entry to our three-part series covering how to master the art of dental practice success, we’ll cover how you can get…